U-965
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 4 May 1942 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 165) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 14 Jan 1943 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 25 Feb 1943 | Oblt. Klaus Ohling | ||||||||||||
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| Career 7 patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 30 March, 1945 north of Scotland, in position 58.19N, 05.31W by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Rupert and HMS Conn. 51 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||||||
Previously recorded fate
(Last revised by Axel Niestlé during December 1991. More on revised fates.)
The attack by the British frigate HMS Conn on 27 March, 1945 in position 58.34N, 05.46W, formerly credited with the destruction of U-965 probably sank the U-905 instead.
Wolfpack operations
U-965 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Isegrim (5 Jan 1944 - 27 Jan 1944)
Werwolf (27 Jan 1944 - 2 Feb 1944)
Trutz (23 Jun 1944 - 10 Jul 1944)
Schwefel (22 Sep 1944 - 23 Sep 1944)
Zorn (28 Sep 1944 - 1 Oct 1944)
Grimm (1 Oct 1944 - 2 Oct 1944)
Panther (16 Oct 1944 - 22 Oct 1944)
Panther (24 Oct 1944 - 10 Nov 1944)
Stier (25 Nov 1944 - 19 Dec 1944)
Attacks on this boat
17 May 1944
Due to serious technical problems U-965 had to return to base from the Arctic Sea. Four hours later the boat encountered an enemy submarine. The submarine fired a torpedo fan at U-965, but all missed.
20 Jul 1944
The boat was attacked by an aircraft, 1 man was killed and 1 wounded. [Matrosenhauptgefreiter Willibald Niederle]
22 Aug 1944
The boat was attacked by two Martlet aircraft (Wilcats), 3 men were killed and 8 wounded. [Bootsmaat Kurt Pesch, Matrosengefreiter Heinz Schade, Maschinengefreiter Thiel]
3 recorded attacks on this boat.
Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus and sailed equipped with it in February 1945 but it was of course installed prior to that date. Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.
Men lost from the boat
6 Feb 1944
The IWO fell overboard and drowned. [Leutnant zur See Gustav-Günther Schoop]
20 Jul 1944
The boat was attacked by an aircraft, 1 man was killed and 1 wounded. [Matrosenhauptgefreiter Willibald Niederle]
22 Aug 1944
The boat was attacked by two Martlet aircraft (Wilcats), 3 men were killed and 8 wounded. [Bootsmaat Kurt Pesch, Matrosengefreiter Heinz Schade, Maschinengefreiter Thiel]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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